AI: From bench to bot
This column by Tim Requarth explores the promises and pitfalls of artificial-intelligence tools in writing—when it can make writing better, faster and easier, and how to navigate the minefield of possible dangers.
Boost your writing with AI personas
Asking ChatGPT to review your own grant proposals can help you spot weaknesses.
![Computer-generated illustration of a sheet of paper emanating from a computer screen.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AIforEditing-requarth-1200-1024x692.webp)
Boost your writing with AI personas
Asking ChatGPT to review your own grant proposals can help you spot weaknesses.
From bench to bot: How to use AI to structure your writing
When given specific examples, ChatGPT can generate templates to help guide different types of documents.
![Computer-generated illustration of a three-dimensional box containing letters in a grid pattern.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Requarth-AI-neuroscience-1200-1024x692.webp)
From bench to bot: How to use AI to structure your writing
When given specific examples, ChatGPT can generate templates to help guide different types of documents.
From bench to bot: How to use AI tools to convert notes into a draft
ChatGPT can capitalize on the highly ordered nature of scientific writing to streamline your writing process.
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From bench to bot: How to use AI tools to convert notes into a draft
ChatGPT can capitalize on the highly ordered nature of scientific writing to streamline your writing process.
From bench to bot: A scientist’s guide to AI-powered writing
I was initially skeptical of artificial-intelligence tools such as ChatGPT for scientific writing. But after months of using and teaching generative artificial intelligence, I have come to realize that it has a place in the scientific writer’s tool kit, even if it can’t write that grant for you from scratch.
![Computer-generated image of a stack of papers.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1200-neuroscience-transmitter-ai-writing-tools-1024x683.webp)
From bench to bot: A scientist’s guide to AI-powered writing
I was initially skeptical of artificial-intelligence tools such as ChatGPT for scientific writing. But after months of using and teaching generative artificial intelligence, I have come to realize that it has a place in the scientific writer’s tool kit, even if it can’t write that grant for you from scratch.
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